Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 - 1918
The story of Hull in World War 1
12th & 13th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed at Newcastle as part of the Third New Army (K3) then moved to Halton Park and joined the 62nd Brigade of the 21st Division, then moved to Aylesbury area.
May 1915 Moved to back to Halton Park and then Witley, Surrey.
Sept 1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of Loos (the Division suffered over 3,800 casualties and took the rest of the year to rebuild)
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The flanking operations around Bullecourt, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Second Battle of Passchendaele, The Cambrai Operations.
10.08.1917 Amalgamated with the 13th Battalion forming the 12/13th Battalion.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The First Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Messines, The Second Battle of Kemmel, The Battle of the Aisne 1918, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The Battle of the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war near Berlaimont, France.
Born Pocklington, 1891. Son of Mrs. Eliza and Thomas Scaife, of 52, Chapmargate, Pocklington, East Yorkshire. He had four brothers and three sisters. Worked as Waggoner (farm), at Nunburnholme Station York (1911 Census). Unofficial Husband of Elizabeth Shaw. Guardian of their child, who lived at Calder’s Cottage, Queens Street, Hull (War Pension Address). He enlisted … Read more
Born Brough Ferry, 1897. Son of the late George William Beaulah (1857-1922) & Mary Anna Verity (1859-1921), of Elloughton, Brough, Yorkshire and 53, Craven Street, Hull (war pension address). An apprentice plumber. He had four brothers and six sisters. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 13th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed at Arras, on 02/04/1917, aged … Read more
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF MRS ANN TURNER, OF 4 VILLA TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 22/09/1916, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
BORN DARLINGTON 1890. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JERIMIAH & FANNY TOMLINSON. REPORTED AS A HULL CASUALTY – HDM 1/6/17. Husband of Ada Annie Tomlinson, of 35, Caroline Street, Bishopthorpe Road., York.
BORN HULL 1900. ELDEST SON OF SGT. WILLIAM ALEXANDER STEWART, & LAURA ANNIE (HARPER), of 13 NORNABELL STREET, HULL & THEN 5, MINNIE TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL & 32, SILVESTER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WILLIAM ALEXANDER STEWART WAS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST HULL SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. HE JOINED THE ARMY … Read more
BORN HULL 1899. (10 Ormington Villas, Field Street, Hull). ELDEST SON OF HERBERT MENNELL HUTTON (1871-1952) AND IDA EVERLYN MIRFIELD (1871-1960), OF STATION ROAD, PATRINGTON, HULL. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 12TH/13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/06/1918, AGED 19. BURIED FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WINESTEAD WW1 MEMORIAL WHITH 20 … Read more
BORN KING 1887. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY J HEATH ABOVE 1901. BROTHER WILLIAM, CHARLES & HERBERT. NB: 12 MILTON TER, ETON ST.
BORN DRIFFIELD 1892. SON OF JOHN FLEETHAM (1857-1924) AND ALICE HUNTER (1857- ), OF 3, COLENSO AVENUE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL. SON OF A HOUSE CARPENTER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY PORTER. ENLISTED HARROGATE. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 32/459, 13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED ON 16/06/1917, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED ON … Read more
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF MARCUS REGINALD & LILIAN (COLLINSON) ELLIS, OF 16 , EGGINGTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR WORKED FOR MESSRS CLARK, WATERHOUSE LANE, AS A COPPER SMITH APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN JULY 1915. SERVED WITH THE 13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION A YEAR LATER, 18/07/1916, AGED … Read more
BORN THORNE 1890. SON OF JOHN S BEVITT OF THORNE. EX NER RAILWAY CLERK IN PASSENGER DEPTARTMENT HULL. MARRIED IN HARROGATE ON 9TH APRIL 1916. WIFE DOROTHY (WELLS) LIVED ABOVE. ENLISTED RIPON, YORKS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 17TH APRIL 1917. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON THE 14TH JULY 1917. HIS … Read more
